{"id":157446,"date":"2026-04-04T23:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157446\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:36:11","slug":"temperatures-swings-then-rain-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157446\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperatures swings, then rain this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A backdoor cold front is bringing \u201chighly variable\u201d temperatures Saturday to the Lehigh Valley ahead of a rainy Easter Sunday, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures can range from around the mid-60s to the high 70s this afternoon, the National Weather Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/185oB7UyfF\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Saturday morning<\/a>. After 8 p.m., the temperatures are expected to range in the 50s and 60s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDepending on how quickly and how far south\/west a backdoor cold front pushes, will yield very different temperature readings later this afternoon,\u201d the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n<p>Showers and thunderstorms may also occur this weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=40.6084305&amp;lon=-75.49018330000001&amp;site=all&amp;smap=1&amp;searchresult=Allentown%2C%20PA%2C%20USA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the National Weather Service forecast<\/a>, mainly after 5 p.m. Saturday. Other predictions include patchy fog before 8 a.m. Sunday and showers mainly between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. that day.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a 10th of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog between midnight and 2 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 49. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a 10th of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: Showers, mainly between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Patchy fog before 8 a.m. High near 61. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind around 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West wind 10 to 15 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night: Clear, with a low around 26.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 52.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 63.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A backdoor cold front is bringing \u201chighly variable\u201d temperatures Saturday to the Lehigh Valley ahead of a rainy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-157446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}